Dr. Ali Reza Montazemi

Dr. Ali Reza Montazemi is Professor of Information Systems at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. He received his undergrad in Maths Stats & Computing from University of Teesside (U.K.), M.Sc. in Operational Research from University of Southampton (U.K.) and his PhD specialization in Management Information systems from University of Waterloo (Canada). He has served on the editorial boards of Journals such as European Journal of Information Systems, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, International Journal of Electronic Government Research and several international conferences including conference co-chair of Americas Conference on Information Systems.

Professor Montazemi specializes in the design and development of information systems in support of business process effectiveness and efficiency. His research and consulting include IT Governance, Self-Service Technologies, business process design through information technology, change management, human-computer interaction, and intelligent agents in support of e-business. He has published over 100 scientific papers, one textbook, three monographs, and three software packages. His publications have appeared in prestigious journals and conferences such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Journal of Management Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, Decision Support Systems, IEE Transactions on Man, Systems and Cybernetics, and International Conference on Information Systems. Professor Montazemi has a diverse corporate teaching experience, industrial research and consulting in Canada, U.S.A., South-East Asia, Europe, and Middle East.